Tusker

I am a giant tusker having giant body and tusk I stands in the raw of elephants in the festival My giant body and big tusk and beautiful body language Made me the chief attraction of the crowd They praise me well and observes me in detail They narrates my qualities and characters as well The caprisoned elephant is always an attraction In the processions, celebrations, temple festivals where people gather in large numbers for devotion and likes But they are ignorant of our plight as animals In the sun heat, tarred surface of the roads, in crowd They makes noises that disturbs my mind The drum beats, fire works, bright shining lights All of these creates a lot of mental strain Though I respect and loyal to my owner as my master I am always a little quarrelsome to my mahout Not out of my inborn wilderness but due to his fault He makes me lot of pressure by his harsh punishments He beats me a lot with his strong and heavy stick And makes me wound in my legs by his sharp knife stating that I am a little crazy and indisciplined He is ignorant of my past in the wilderness where forest was my ancestor house and my family is there My mother, father, brother and sisters also the friends There was enough freedom and eatables aplenty The raw and tender Bamboo leaves and lot of grass The river water so tasty and cool and also comfortable, To swim across the river the very happy experience Elders taught us to swim across the river Which was so pleasant, pride, and good feelings The people residing in the wild forest were also gentle They seldom disturb us or create problems We had lived in perfect harmony and they loved us Though sometimes we created problems to their huts Still they forgave us and our naughty habits Knowing the habit of elephants through generations They reconstructs their small dwellings and rethatch Suffering silently the disturbances we created They know they are only our jokes and not cruelty The tusker stands nearby makes me some discomfort I am in a bit of anger and not to suffer anymore I suddenly attacked with my strong tusk which he gave back The people ran towards safety far away No mention, I will not disturb the women and children Since I am a tusker with my pride and pomp My kingly habits are always there to make me restrain I submit to my owner and accept the fruits when he called Not out of fear but out of gentleness that made me The proud and gentle and giant tusker I am The people says I killed my mahout in the quarrel But I am innocent and it is quite accidental I am asking goodbye to you friends, and If gets a chance To escape from this hell of life in celebrations The wilderness in the forest is calling me Ever and ever come and come my little child Can I escape from this chains and mahouts gentlemen Only the future can say when you people decide Irrespective of power, weight, tusks, and body mass I am in captivity as a giant elephant supposed to be loyal What a predicament that destiny decided to me Still I am in hope of escape my dear friends and well wishers I will not forget you all my good brethern who gave me lot of love and praises. I am a tusker of wilderness I born and baught up I still remember my childhood and mother Who loved me more and more at all times I remember her breast feeding aplenty and punishments But I fall in a pit of perfect cheating by men There started my hardships upto this life Still I am in hopes of escape my friends and well wishers.